A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. The 3.11-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:58:06 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0.66 km (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70226337. Id of event: hv70226337. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 12:58:06 / June 3, 2018 @ 12:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -155.267334° West, 19.4095001° North, depth 0.66 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and ten, in the past 30 days five hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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